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A LIFE - GIGLI




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Disc 1


    Gigli: A Life in Words and Music (more info)
    Composed by: Ale Moller
    Graeme Kay, narrator

  1. 'I was born with a voice and very little else...' / Ponchielli: 'Cielo e mar' from La Gioconda - 1918 - 05:21
  2. Family background - 05:19
  3. Gigli's stage debut and poverty-stricken start - 06:36
  4. Puccini: 'O soave fanciulla' from La Boheme - 1919 - 03:36
  5. Service in the household of Countess Spannocchi - 03:18
  6. Donizetti: 'Spirto gentil' from La favorita - 1918 - 04:03
  7. Colonel Delfino, and Giovanni Zerri's legal agreement - 05:01
  8. Cannio: O surdato 'nnammurato - 1918 - 02:26
  9. A hospital visit and a scholarship - 02:17
  10. Mascagni: 'Ah! ritrovarla nella sua capanna' from Lodoletta - 1918 - 03:42
  11. Gigli graduates and makes his debut; he goes for the high B flat - 06:31
  12. Puccini: 'E lucevan le stelle' from Tosca - 1918 - 02:55
  13. Marriage, Rome and a tour to Spain - 04:12
  14. Mascagni: 'Apri la tua finestra!' from Iris - 1918 - 02:35
  15. A letter from Fred Gaisberg of HMV - 04:14
  16. Mascagni: 'Mamma, quel vino e generoso' from Cavalleria rusticana - 1919 - 04:18
  17. Gigli conquers South America, and receives an offer from the Met - 03:35
  18. Metropolitan Opera debut in Mefistofele - 04:41
  19. Boito: 'Giunto sul passo estremo' from Mefistofele - 1921 - 03:26

Disc 2


    Gigli: A Life in Words and Music (more info)
    Composed by: Ale Moller
    Graeme Kay, narrator

  1. The critics' verdict, and more performances - 04:41
  2. Donizetti: 'Tombe degl'avi miei' from Lucia di Lammermoor - 1927 - 04:39
  3. Gigli's fate becomes entwined with Caruso's - 07:30
  4. Giordano: 'Un di all'azzurro spazio' from Andrea Chenier - 1922 - 04:25
  5. Who will be Caruso's successor? - 05:48
  6. Verdi: 'De'miei bollenti spiriti' from La traviata - 1928 - 04:21
  7. Life forms a regular pattern, and Gigli learns to sing in foreign languages - 02:05
  8. Lalo: 'Vainement, ma bien aimee' from Le Roi d'Ys - 1922 - 03:26
  9. Manon at the Met - 00:56
  10. Massenet: 'O dolce incanto' from Manon - 1931 - 03:36
  11. Catalani's Loreley - 00:49
  12. Catalani: 'Nel verde maggio' from Loreley - 1923 - 02:28
  13. Summer in Italy, then back to New York and some physical training - 04:32
  14. Gounod: 'Ah! ne fuis pas encore!' from Romeo et Juliette - 1923 - 02:14
  15. Honorary Captain of the NYPD - 02:21
  16. Meyerbeer: 'O paradiso' from L'Africaine - 1928 - 03:56
  17. Flourishing finances and professional rivalries - 04:48
  18. Crushing remarks; the attraction of radio - 03:40
  19. Sullivan: The Lost Chord - 1931 - 04:29
  20. A new decade, and the honour of playing Nemorino at the Met - 01:30
  21. Donizetti: 'Quanto e bella' from L'elisir d'amore - 1925 - 02:51

Disc 3


    Gigli: A Life in Words and Music (more info)
    Composed by: Ale Moller
    Graeme Kay, narrator

  1. Debuts in Paris and London, and London's critical reception - 04:43
  2. Flotow: 'M'appari' [Ach! So fromm] from Mata [Martha] - 1929 - 03:38
  3. Crisis: the death of Gigli's mother, and tension at the Met - 03:44
  4. Departure from the Met - 04:27
  5. America's loss is Europe's gain - 06:40
  6. Speech: Gigli in an interview at the Savoy Hotel, London - 1946 - 00:42
  7. Cherished London reviews - 01:41
  8. Leoncavallo: 'No, Pagliacci non son!' from Pagliacci - 1934 - 03:13
  9. Recording reflects the drama - 01:07
  10. Leoncavallo: 'Suvvia, cosi terribile' from Pagliacci - 1934 - 02:57
  11. Touring, Gigli's working relationships, and a new turn of events - 05:59
  12. De Curtis: Non ti scorder di me - 1935 - 03:17
  13. Film popularity, Hitler and Goebbels, and the Caracalla tradition - 04:43
  14. Puccini: 'Che gelida manina' from La Boheme - 1938 - 04:25
  15. Voice expert John Steane's recommendation - 00:27
  16. Puccini: ' O soave fanciulla' from La Boheme - 1938 - 03:33
  17. A new recording of Tosca - 02:41
  18. Puccini: 'Recondita armonia' from Tosca - 1938 - 02:48
  19. Patience and hard work produce 'a perfrect set of master recordings' - 02:35
  20. Puccini: 'E lucevan le stelle' from Tosca - 1938 - 02:41
  21. A return to America and the Met - 04:34
  22. Verdi: 'Ingemisco' from the Requiem - 1939 - 03:38
  23. The recording of Madama Butterfly - 00:36
  24. Puccini: Closing moments of Act I, Madama Butterfly - 1939 - 04:18

Disc 4


    Gigli: A Life in Words and Music (more info)
    Composed by: Ale Moller
    Graeme Kay, narrator

  1. War keeps Gigli in Italy - 02:55
  2. Introductory speech to Cavalleria rusticana by Mascagni - 1940 - 00:49
  3. Translation of the speech - 00:58
  4. Mascagni: 'Mamma, quel vino e generoso' from Cavalleria rusticana - 1940 - 04:45
  5. More role debuts, Gigli's wartime films, and Andrea Chenier - 06:40
  6. Giordano: 'Un di all'azzurro spazio' from Andrea Chenier - 1941 - 05:08
  7. John Steane's verdict - 00:27
  8. Giordano: 'Come un bel di di maggio' from Andrea Chenier - 1941 - 03:04
  9. Rome Opera House rallies wartime spirits - 01:05
  10. Verdi: 'Teco io sto - Gran Dio' from Un ballo in maschera - 1943 - 01:21
  11. Verdi: 'Non sai tu che se l'anima mia' from Un ballo in maschera - 1943 - 03:33
  12. Verdi: 'Oh, qual soave brivido' from Un ballo in maschera - 1943 - 03:24
  13. Gigli's political affiliations - 06:31
  14. Verdi: 'Celeste Aida' from Aida - 1946 - 04:36
  15. Postwar Italy: an HMV manager's report - 01:00
  16. Verdi: 'Pui ti riveggo, mia dolce Aida' from Aida - 1946 - 03:15
  17. Covent Garden with Rina, then a tour of Britian and Ireland - 06:18
  18. Speech given by Gigli after a concert at the Royal Albert Hall - 1952 - 00:42
  19. The final phase - and no thoughts of retirement - 02:46
  20. Di Veroli: Ritorna amore - 1952 - 03:33
  21. A last visit to the USA - 01:14
  22. Cottrau: Santa Lucia - 1949 - 03:06
  23. Gigli's death, his obituaries, and his place in the tenor lineage - 09:04
  24. Meyerbeer: 'O paradiso' from L'Africaine (ending) - 1928 - 02:28

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Product Details
 
Composer(s)/ Author(s):
Moller, Ale

Artist(s):
Kay, Graeme

Label: Naxos Educational
UPC: 636943814826
Item Number: 8558148-51
Release Date: Apr 1, 2004

 
 
 
 
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